Liverpool 2-0 Union Saint-Gilloise: Gravenberch & Jota net for Reds' another win

Game is over and the final score is Liverpool 2-0 Union Saint-Gilloise. Here is the match report.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

5' Salah's shot stopped

8' OFFSIDE! Nunez’s goal disallowed

16' CHANCE! Nunez's shot wide out

34' Nunez's shot stopped

44' GOAL! Liverpool 1-0 Union Saint-Gilloise (Gravenberch)

53' Jota's header stopped

63' Gravenberch's long shot stopped

88' Jones' long shot wide out

92' GOAL! Liverpool 2-0 Union Saint-Gilloise (Jota)

Match Report

Gravenberch nets first Liverpool goal in Europa League win

Ryan Gravenberch scored his first Liverpool goal to give his side a hard-fought 2-0 win over the visiting Union St.-Gilloise in their Europa League clash at Anfield on Thursday.

Gravenberch, a deadline day arrival from Bayern Munich, struck in the 44th minute when the midfielder followed up after Union goalkeeper Anthony Moris spilled a long-range shot from Trent Alexander-Arnold.

But Liverpool made hard work of their stubborn Belgian opponents and it wasn't until Diogo Jota scored in second-half stoppage time that the victory was secured. The Portuguese forward took advantage of a counter-attack and calmly rolled the ball past Moris from inside the box.

Darwin Núñez missed a glorious chance in the first half when he side-footed wide from close range following a low cross by Mohamed Salah.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admitted his team could have done better.

"We lost rhythm slightly and gave too many set-pieces away," he said.

"Should have had more direction and all these kinds of things, but you take what you can get in these moments and I thought we were really mature and professional but we could have been a lot better in a lot of moments."

With two wins from two, following their opening victory at LASK Linz, Liverpool top Group E with six points. Toulouse are second with four points after a first-half goal by Gabriel Suazo gave them a 1-0 win against LASK.

Line-ups

Liverpool XI: Alisson, W. Endo, Salah, Tsimikas, Jota, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Darwin Núñez, Gravenberch, Elliott, Jarell Quansah

Subs: Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Joe Gomez, Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai, Luis Díaz, Curtis Jones, Vitezslav Jaros, Fabian Mrozek, Luke Chambers, Ben Doak

Union Saint-Gilloise XI: Anthony Moris, Christian Burgess, Gustaf Nilsson, Alessio Castro-Montes, Koki Machida, Kevin Mac Allister, Lazare Amani, Cameron Puertas, Charles Vanhoutte, Casper Terho, Mohamed Amoura

Subs: Dennis Eckert Ayensa, Mathias Rasmussen, Ross Sykes, Loïc Lapoussin, Joachim Imbrechts, Henok Teklab, Maxime Wenssens, Fedde Leysen, Noah Sadiki, Kevin Rodríguez, Nathan Huygevelde